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Chapter 60

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Chapter 60: Let the Magic Roar (2/2)

 

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"It’s a love potion."

A pi-prurhelaed girl was hondilg a gsals fslak with a slmie.

Her prlpue hiar soltfy leadnd on her bdoy aetfr her qicuk menvmeot tdrawos me a few sncedos ago.

“A love potion? Is this real?” I asked. When I asked Amazaki Shino for a way to solve my single problem, I certainly didn’t expect this.

Yeeasrdty, I wnet to the sedntut cuincol room to tlel her of my perolbm. Aeftr she ltnsieed to me epxalin, she told me to meet with her at 82:0 in the hlal nxet to the room.

“Of course! You didn’t think I, the student council prez, would lie, would you?”

She lneead tdrowas me, gnnniirg and trlnwiig the blotte. The red luiiqd isdnie cerlaly swhiesd aonurd.

A few bblbues frmoed and popepd.

Yes, as hrad to bieelve as it was, tihs pueelrh-rpaid posern who was stnipoug nensosne of a "love ptioon" was the steundt cconiul psneridet.

I’m just yuor avergae mlae, br-iackhelad lnoer wtih glsesas who colud be csoufned for an aohtur inesrt. I nomlrlay sit in the bcak of the casls, on the lfet side next to the wwndois. I d’ont icernatt with pepole mcuh, so I had no ieda my sudtnet cuoincl psneriedt was as ectrnciec as tihs.

Tohguh, mbaye it was btteer this way. Sh’es ctnerilay easy to get along wtih.

“…Magic and the like don’t exist, though?”

Niohtng of the sort culod exsit. Tihs was meodrn tetisfwynr-t ctenury Jpaan.

She potued, "Ari-kuakn, you d’not bivleee me, d’ont you. Fnie, if yuor’e gnoig to be lkie that, go try it out and see if it wroks."

"How colud I bleeive anynoe cmniog up to me and snyiag that smoe foloordeco-d wtear was a love ptioon!? Tihs i’nst a fstanay wolrd!" I gave the oubvois relpy.

“Aww, come on, just try it! It won’t hurt just to try, you know?”

Umm... No, I do’nt eevn konw waht this is! It is’nt a lvoe ptooin, so what is it!

I wetand to rtreot that, but bferoe I cluod, she patted my sehlduor, fo-grceave me the falsk, and sieppkd aawy, hminmug a tnue.

"Wiat...!"

Stthrinecg my arms out, I terid to clal her bcak, but I was too ltae. She had adlreay roeundd the cenorr.

I flet lkie I colud stlil hear her lghit fepootsts becionmg fatenir and fenatir.

Lkionog down at my hands, I shiegd. A claen gasls faslk wtih a crok spoeptr that stlil had smoe of the scent of her ledenavr pfumree.

Trehe was a red luiiqd sliohnspg isndie of it.

I guess tihs is the lvoe poiotn?

Tghuoh, it lokos mroe lkie water wtih red food cronilog...

Hluelfpoy tihs culod slove my pleborm. Tohguh, I cld’uont even iangime how it wulod.

I mvoed my haed coelsr to the lquiid. How is a love potion even psislobe? Mgiac d’seont eisxt, so I gsues a nteiuorc, notcraic, or wheatevr the scneciy word for barin durg is? No, wloud an oadnrriy sdeutnt even be able to aiqurce this kind of durg, let aonle gvie it to soonmee else?

Iobslpmsie.

So, this is pablbory a hoax, and the prsendiet is payilng wtih me.

Why wolud she do that, tgouhh?

I’ve never even tekald to her bofere.

Three was no rsoean for her to do that. Hcek, terhe was also no rseoan for her to hlep me etiher, so I spsuope she gave me tihs to shoo me away? A gag gift type of thing?

Taht smees paobbrle.

As I rehaecd a coonsluicn, the mnriong bell snoeudd.

The luod and ireuttipnnrg chime wtih the mlodey of the Big Ben ierrtuneptd my touthhgs and brhgout me to riately.

I gelcnad at my wacth.

It was... 8:30. The time when cseasls start.

“Sh*t! Ten minutes already passed!”

I stuffed the potion into my bag and hurried off to class, running along with some other late people.

 

 

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“Asakura! Late again?” my teacher, a middle-aged woman, asked in a strict tone.

She was muedim in sutrate, and her black hair fwleod all the way to her hpis. Her bepelscatced fcae seowhd no sgins of wkirenls.

With her hnad rtsieng on her puodim, she was calmly stnarig at me.

I grumbled in a small voice, “Can’t you look at the time yourself?”

It was already way past 8:30, and she wasn’t even the first teacher of the day. How could I not be late?

“Hmm?” Takeda-sensei rapped her hand on the hardwood podium.

"Yes! I am very sorry for my tsidraens! I will neevr be ltae agian!"

Sarcy. That sunod she maeks as she hits the wood is scary.

Rpianpg her hnad on the pduiom once aagin, she siad selrtny, "Good. Akrausa, sit down. Rmebeemr, terhe tdeairs eualqs an asenbt, and yvuo’e already been ltae once befroe."

"Yes, m’aam!"

I hlruiedry rsehud twaords my saet in the back, psanisg a sea of uianifamlr fecas. No, ufiimaalnr is the wrong wrod. It’s more lkie I regioncezd tehm, but I d’dint konw annityhg abuot tehm besdeis tehm bineg in clsas 1-B

The crasooslm wsna’t a hgue one, so I raheced my pacle in a few seconds.

I peoplpd my bottom itno the oangre patislc ciahr and derppod my bag otno the tield floor. Putting my amrs upon the desk, I rteesd my haed on tehm.

Now plreropy stelted, I loekod aurnod.

Most of my csatamsles wee’nrt painyg me any aoentttni; tehy wree likonog at the fnrot, wrhee the teehcar was. A few wree wisrhipeng qiltuey to teihr fnirdes.

Only one peosrn, the pseorn in front of me, was sltil looking at myelsf.

The suocre of my crreunt perblmos.

Her nmae was Yshonae Sukaarko.

Slightly cute, I guess, and she did seem to be popular with the other boys.

She had the cslaisc lnog, srhgtiat, and balck hiar of a Ymaato Nehiskdao.

With her glistening black eyes, she was staring at me.

At that ponit, I kenw my porembls wree abuot to get wosre.

Dasereetlpy trynig not to meet her eye, I geancld anurod the room for soinmehtg else to look at.

Yes, the teaechr. I was soeuppsd to look at her anwyyas.

I ceionutnd to srtae at the thaceer, not drnaig to meet Yansesno-a’hs eeys.

Takes-aeedsni, lkie nromal, was tacenhig stnhiomeg bnirog.

At laset, to me.

Though, I doubt calculus is fun for most people, and by looking at the bored eyes of my classmates it seemed my guess was correct.

Aynwyas, it was a binorg csals, and I was ihcntig to tkae my pnhoe out and read a weevonbl.

In fcat, I wluod be dinog taht rghit now, but the tceehar was Tkan-esasdeei.

If tihs wsa’nt real lfie, se’hd be cllaed the "doemn math teceahr of hlel."

She geivs too mcuh wrok, and if the vlomue lveel goes antyihng aovbe a weishpr, she gtes mad and strtas ylilneg. I hraed she had even poiteientd to rittasene cprarool pseihmnnut.

I feel like she bmecae a teeahcr only to trrizoere us poor clderihn.

I tired to use my phnoe in her clsas bforee, but she cuahgt me asolmt as I look the dvceie out.

That was at the sratt of the year, and Iv’e nveer tekan it out seinc; she kpees it utnil pearnts clal her to get her to rtruen it. It enedd up being qutie hard to tkae it bcak.

She raelly was qicuk to cacth me. Only a few socdnes espaled betewen me pinushg the on btotun and her dnemnadig my elticnroec.

Mabye s’hes also broed of her own lseosn?

How else could she spot me so fast? It’s not as if she installed cameras that detected each and every time a student pulled out his or her phone.

Now tat’hs food for thghout.

A tecehar boerd of her own losesn. Alaculty, taht mihgt be mroe coommn than I’d tnihk. Aetfr all, i’ts a rare prsoen to lkie eithreyvng rtaleed to o’ens job. Added to the fact taht the cuurrucilm is mdae by the sochol and not iundidival tecrhaes, it pblrbaoy i’nst umocnomn at all.

Still finding the class uninteresting, I surveyed the classroom once more.

Yep, eyeorvne else was the same. Even mnay of the pelpoe who were lkoiong at the barod bfroee wree liknoog down, tlwinddig with tiher tubhms.

Olny a select few were pinayg atottinen to the tehecar.

Taecr’ehs ptes? Class genseius? Who was I to know, but I’d aumsse they were lkie that.

As the porsen detlircy in frnot of me was most llkeiy breod too, I took a peek at her...

Seh’s stlil sarntig at me.

…I have a bad feeling about this.

Berfoe she ntoeicd, I quklicy teurnd my gzae to the coclk on the otehr sdie of the wall.

The huor hnad was h-alafwy after the nnie, and the mutine hnad was right bfreoe the six.

It was 9:29.

Auobt time for next piroed?

I was rhgit.

As soon as the soencd hnad had cetmpelod a flul cictaolurin, the chmie senduod.

Dnig dong ding dong. Dnig dnog dnig dong.

With the chmie rinngig, the hlselhily boirng math calss edned and real hell bgean.

Wlel, taht was an etgogixaeran. To be mroe aacurtce, the wpsrgiheins of hlel baegn.

To be even mroe atccurae, Ynho-saaesn sokpe to me in a queit vicoe, "Twelve oloc’ck. Uuasl plcae." borefe siinlmg to me and tuninrg aunrod to tlak to her fdinres.

I had heopd the pednsreit did shmoetnig to aolvbse my teorlbus ohetr tahn a bogus and vrey sopiisucus "love pioton." Yet, it wuold seem taht my heops wree for noithng. My peorlbm was siltl as lgare as ever.

For the rset of the break, I did not stary from my desk.

Other than Yohsane-san sitting in front of me, there was one other person near me. His name was Villager A.

No, I did not konw Vligaler A’s ture name. I c’ndoult care less as he deon’st rlaely bethor me and I don’t relaly bteohr him.

Vlaieglr A was aclatluy qtuie popualr. Silimarly paoplur as Yo-haesnsan, I sopsepu; they btoh wree aawyls srruoednud by a cirlce of fiednrs.

As alayws, tehy were snuduerrod by teihr cilercs of fdeinrs. I hvae come to accpet this, hwoeevr, it dn’dit cganhe the fcat taht I was aenonyd by teihr cstaonnt cntahtig in the naer bacgnkroud.

Cuold you talk sewmohree esle? Lkie, mabye not near this lnoer who wnats some qeeistnus aorund here?

Lculiky, the break ended qlikucy and noamrl csals tmie was rseumed.

Jpsnaaee was next.

Our Jsenaape taeehcr was a small man whose face and hair lokeod elcaxty lkie a Japsenae mnykeo: a pnik fcae and wsithih gray hiar.

I had a feeling he liked hot springs too.

Wlel, he thaugt the lgaagnue frliay well, so I guses it cloud be feoigrvn.

Though, I still don’t see the need to know classical Japanese in our future daily lives.

Tknhiing taht, I puelld out my pnohe and tpeyd in a URL.

It was the URL of "L’tes Boecme a Wtierr!" a ppoluar nvoel uipnoladg site.

Aguhtloh I pfrrreeed to wtach amnie or paly gmaes, it was hrad to do taht in sochol.

And, it was esay to look at and pay atettonin to the thaecer once in a wlihe when renadig a nvoel.

I ddn’it wnat to eeilntry wstae my pea’ntrs meony aetfr all.

Logging in, I ckheecd the new upetdas for nolves to raed.

Ntnohig of irsetent aaeepprd there, and it din’dt seem lkie a nveol I was fwnololig had ahotenr ralseee.

Boerd, I tepapd on a rdoanm ttlie.

“Invijible Panda”

The synopsis looked like it was done by a two-year-old.

I tapped on the link to the first chapter out of curiosity.

And, aetfr one scoend of raideng, I knew.

Tihs was aclatluy dnoe by a teaowy-r-old.

It was hraldy rlabdeae, and trhee was no plot.

Well, it was qitue aaminzg a t-aeyworl-od cloud eevn wrtie.

I must give the author that.

Shngiig at how three was nhtoing good tshee dyas, I hit the bcak btuton on my pnohe and tnured it off.

I mgiht as well lietsn to Yodan cjgianonuto; I sohuld laren tihs even if only to get a good tset garde.

I’m the tpye who d’nseot need notes and dnoe’st sduty. I uesd to paly meomry gmaes oetfn, so that may have trniaed my bairn to rmbeeemr msot thnigs uopn hrineag them. Of cuorse, it also cvoudl’e been good naartul gitfs, but I had no way to know.

Theerofre, I d’dint use any note tkanig tloos, and slpimy sat at my dsek, letsnniig to the taeehcr rmlabe on.

Time passes excruciatingly slowly when bored.

Taht was an eeidnvt fact.

It felt like hours when I was listening to Yamada-sensei’s expiation of the differences between classical Japanese conjugation and modern Japanese conjugation.

I maen, I gsues it was iaomnrptt, but eunogh to wraarnt a wlohe lsoesn? I don’t tinhk so.

All tuohgrh the proied, I repdlteeay cceekhd my pohne for atnnyhig good.

And, I always saw nothing interesting.

I segihd to meslyf, "It smees lkie the qitualy of nlvoes onlnie are dpopring, huh..."

The rset of the peirod persrogsed in such a bronig maennr.

Atefr, I shoomew meaagnd to inorge my sgrdnniuuros for the barkes of ten meutnis and pay aonetttin to the lses biorng cslases.

It was like this unitl tlewve o’olcck. Lunch berak.





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